Atrocity Narratives and Inter-Imperial Rivalry
Britain, Germany and the Treatment of ‘Native Races’, 1904–1939
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20080122 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christina Twomey (0000-0002-6023-3987, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Pages | 201-225 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Evil, Barbarism and Empire (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230319325_9 |
| OpenAlex | W2485956243 |
| ISBN | 9780230319325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
In 1941, officials in the Far East Bureau of the Ministry of Information at Singapore contacted their superiors in London requesting a copy of a parliamentary blue book, published in 1918 and entitled Report on the Natives of South-West Africa and Their Treatment by Germany.1 British officials in Singapore, as part of the war effort, were interested in presenting a series of talks 'showing the ill treatment of natives by Germany'. The Foreign Office reluctantly agreed to release the 1918 report, but told the Ministry of Information that 'the report should not be used for publicity purposes'. 'It was composed in the heat of the last war', an informal minute insisted, 'and it is historically somewhat suspect'.2 Yet in 2003 the controversial 1918 report was republished and edited by scholars interested in the colonial history of Namibia, the independent state which had succeeded the former South-West Africa in 1990. The editors of this new edition were careful to note the wartime context in which the initial report had been compiled. They nevertheless suggested that the blue book now provides historians with 'an invaluable collection of postwar narratives by Namibians describing their experience of German colonial rule'.3 Yet to Foreign Office staff in the early 1940s, this was a 'suspect' document.KeywordsIndigenous PeopleBritish GovernmentBlue BookImperial RivalryNative RaceThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves
Archaeology · Art · Christian ministry · Colonialism · Context (archaeology) · German · Literature · Media studies · Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Narrative · Political science · Publicity · Sociology · State (computer science) · Suspect · German Colonialism and Identity Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |